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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 3506578, member: 2531"] FWIW, SS' offenses his last year was a better offense than Dino's first year and probably 2nd year as well. Dino's teams just failed drives faster and had more possessions. But offenses fundamentally have to do 3 things: (i) consistently score points when they get the ball, (ii) consistently move the ball down the field, and (iii) consistently hold on to the ball long enough to give the defense time to rest. Dino's 1st and 2nd year offenses scored points and got yards, but they did so on a higher number of possessions than the SS teams, which means they were less likely to score when they had the ball, they were probably less likely to get yards when they had the ball (I never did the math, so I can't say for sure), and they were way worse at giving the defense a breather. I never did the math, but my guess is that the standard deviation of the above was higher, too, which means they were less consistent. IMHO, his system works when some combination of the above is true: (i) nobody else is doing it, so defense aren't prepared for it and don't have the right pieces to stop it, (ii) it leads to higher quality recruits, and/or (iii) your team has a talent advantage vs the other team. Otherwise, tempo offenses are a trainwreck from a mathematical perspecitve. More possessions make games more predictable, which is an advantage for the favored team. (see the concept of small sample size variance) SU needs to run an offense that fits the recruiting realities of the staff/school, or we need to run an offense that is truly innovative and unique. I don't know what that offsense is (and if I did, I'd make several million a year to say), but I fear that running a Baylor retread offsense isn't the answer. Still, you don't knock off a ranked VPI team, a #2 Clemson team, and score a 10 win season in 3 consecutive years by sheer luck. I have faith that Dino can turn the offensive boat around. One standout player can do wonders. We aren't that far away. But recruiting does need to pick up. Being out-recruited by Kansas, Kansas State, Memphis, Kentucky, Boston College, and Rutgers is a problem, as is having fewer 4 star recruits than those teams (sans Memphis), plus Northwestern (who has 3 4 star recruits, btw), Indiana, and Purdue. (I'm listing 4 star recruits because we need more impact players, so we need some difference makers at the top of the class to bring us to the next level IMO.) [/QUOTE]

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